Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu says no university student will drop out because of school fees if he becomes Nigeria’s president.
Mr Tinubu made the promise on Wednesday while addressing the crowd at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta for the Ogun State APC presidential rally.
He described the upcoming election as a revolution, urging party supporters and indigenes of Ogun State to come out in large numbers, the same way they did for the rally, on February 25 to vote APC.
Speaking to the youth, the APC candidate promised to ensure that they enjoy quality education not truncated by strikes, while also making jobs available for them once out of school.
“I guarantee you one thing, there will be student loans, nobody will drop out of university because of school fees; nobody will have to repeat one class for eight years and not graduate, we will make a four-year course four years course.
“A Tinubu administration will create over 1 million jobs in ICT in the next 24 months. The fine and skilled graduates of the Ogun Tech Hub will be able to find work as they continue to contribute towards our overall economic well-being.
“My industrial policy will carry you to the finish line. My plan is to deploy all available measures, from tax credits and youth employment incentives to tariffs to affordable loans and investment so that your industrial base is strengthened, broadened and widened.
“This will produce more wealth and valuable goods, improving the living standards of all Nigerians. It will also spur such job creation in Ogun that everyone looking for work will be able to find it. We will seek to cut youth unemployment nationwide by a third.
“Here, in industrially active Ogun, the decline in the jobless rate will be even more than that. We shall invest in infrastructure in such a manner that all aspects of your daily lives will be touched. Roads and public transportation will be augmented, reducing traffic congestion and allowing you to go from home to work or to the market faster, cheaper and safer,” Tinubu said.
Speaking earlier, Governor Dapo Abiodun urged people of the state to look at Tinubu’s track record, which he said placed him above all other candidates and give him their votes
